Open word using vba Mac - OS X

Question

I am trying to open automatically an excel document on a Mac OS X, but it doesn't work. My code is:

Sub Button81_Click()
    Dim objWord
    Dim objDoc
    Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    Set objDoc = objWord.Documents.Open("/Users/ricardo/Miniman/miniman_uti.docx")
    objWord.Visible = True
End Sub

Will the path be wrong? For this path "/Users/ricardo/Miniman/miniman_uti.docx" it opens excel files. Why not word files?

Can someone please help me?

Answer 1

Does this work for you?

sub Test()

dim objdoc as object

with CreateObject("word.application")
set objdoc = .documents.open("path")
end with

end sub

Answer 2

Code to safely open a word doc from a file. Handles the case where you already have word open.

Dim w As Object
' If word is already open get ahold of the running instance
' Otherwise create a new instance
On Error Resume Next
Set w = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If w Is Nothing Then Set w = CreateObject("Word.Application")
On Error GoTo 0
' Close all open files and shutdown Word
' Loop through any open documents and close them
Do Until w.Documents.Count = 0
    w.Documents(1).Close
Loop
w.Quit False
Set w = Nothing

' Now that all instances of word are closed, open the template
Dim wdApp As Object
Dim wdDoc As Object
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.application")
wdApp.Visible = True
wdApp.DisplayAlerts = False
Set wdDoc = wdApp.Documents.Open(Filename:="MYPATH")